Creating Simple, Low Cost, Animations for Organic Chemistry Instruction

TCE

The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 1 Issue 5 (1996), S1430-4171(96)05058-3

Creating Simple, Low Cost, Animations for Organic Chemistry Instruction

L. Kraig Steffen,*¹ Michael Gill,¹ J. Gundersen,¹ and Janet E. Nelson²

¹Department of Chemistry, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06430 and ²Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753

Published online: 12 December 1996

Abstract. A simple, low cost method for producing animated line drawings and figures in organic chemistry is presented. Animation panels are produced in ChemDraw, saved as PICT files and turned into QuickTime movies. These animations serve as a bridge between the text and more sophisticated modeling visualization tools now available. Along with details of production, use of the animations in the classroom is discussed.

Key Words: In the Classroom; animations; line drawings; organic chemistry; ChemDraw; QuickTime

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: lsteffen@fair1.fairfield.edu)

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